Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap/hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, breaking/dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling (or synthesis), and beatboxing.
While used to refer to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire thing, The term hip-hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music, though rapping is not a required component of hip-hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip-hop culture, including DJing and scratching, beatboxing, and instrumental tracks.
Since the beginning of Rap/Hip Hop in the 1970's, many things within it have evolved, and many artists have embraced that, including MC Hammer, Run DMC, Lil Wayne, Biggie, Tupac.
Rap and Hip Hop Music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap/ hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, breaking/dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling (or synthesis), and beatboxing.While used to refer to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire thing, The term hip-hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music, though rapping is not a required component of hip-hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip-hop culture, including DJing and scratching, beatboxing, and instrumental tracks.
Since the beginning of Rap/Hip Hop in the 1970's, many things within it have evolved, and many artists have embraced that, including MC Hammer, Run DMC, Lil Wayne, Biggie, Tupac.
Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_hip_hop_music,
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